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Quantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools

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dc.contributor.authorCaruana, Matthew V.
dc.contributor.authorCarvalho, Susana
dc.contributor.authorBraun, David R.
dc.contributor.authorPresnyakova, Darya
dc.contributor.authorHaslam, Michael
dc.contributor.authorArcher, Will
dc.contributor.authorBobe, René
dc.contributor.authorHarris, John W. K.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:53:30Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:53:30Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractPercussive technology continues to play an increasingly important role in understanding the evolution of tool use. Comparing the archaeological record with extractive foraging behaviors in nonhuman primates has focused on percussive implements as a key to investigating the origins of lithic technology. Despite this, archaeological approaches towards percussive tools have been obscured by a lack of standardized methodologies. Central to this issue have been the use of qualitative, non-diagnostic techniques to identify percussive tools from archaeological contexts. Here we describe a new morphometric method for distinguishing anthropogenically-generated damage patterns on percussive tools from naturally damaged river cobbles. We employ a geomatic approach through the use of three-dimensional scanning and geographical information systems software to statistically quantify the identification process in percussive technology research. This will strengthen current technological analyses of percussive tools in archaeological frameworks and open new avenues for translating behavioral inferences of early hominins from percussive damage patterns.
dc.description.sponsorshipPalaeontological Scientific Trust; National Research Foundation; National Science Foundation [BCS-1128170, BCS-0924476]; Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program [DGE-0801634]; George Washington University's Selective Excellence Fund; George Washington University Columbian College Facilitating Fund; Clare Hall College [JRF]; Newnham College [Gibbs Travelling Fellowship] Cambridge; European Research Council [283959]
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0113856
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11549
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science
dc.relationPrimate archaeology: an evolutionary context for the emergence of technology
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectPinnacle Point 13B
dc.subjectSouth-Africa
dc.subjectStone-age
dc.subjectOlduvai Gorge
dc.subjectNut cracking
dc.subjectEdge damage
dc.subjectBed-Ii
dc.subjectTechnology
dc.subjectEthiopia
dc.subjectMiddle
dc.titleQuantifying traces of tool use: a novel morphometric analysis of damage patterns on percussive tools
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitlePrimate archaeology: an evolutionary context for the emergence of technology
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oaire.citation.issue1665
oaire.citation.issue11
oaire.citation.startPagee113856
oaire.citation.titlePLoS ONE
oaire.citation.volume9
oaire.fundingStreamFP7
person.familyNameCarvalho
person.familyNameBobe
person.givenNameSusana
person.givenNameRené
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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